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One of the biggest boxing matches of the year takes place TONIGHT, live on DAZN and MMAmania.com will be right here calling the boxing action as it goes down in real time from “The Empire State.”

Haney vs. Garcia live stream results: Despite an embarrassing scale fail from the challenger at Friday’s official weigh ins (more on that here), Devin Haney will still fight Ryan Garcia in a super lightweight non-title fight TONIGHT (Sat., April 20, 2024) on DAZN pay-per-view (order here) from inside Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Haney is the enormous favorite, in no small part due to his amazing ring skills and win streak, but also his strength of schedule, one that includes victories over some big names like George Kambosos (twice), Vasyl Lomachenko and Regis Prograis.

The “Haney vs. Garcia” event kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on DAZN PPV (order here) with main event ring walks taking place at approximately 11 p.m. ET.

It’s hard to write about Garcia and stick to just his athletic accomplishments. He’s a boxer with a 24-1 record and 20 of those wins have been knockouts. He’s 25 years old and is just starting to enter the prime of his career.

Outside of the ring, he kicked his manager/promoter out of his locker room before a fight. He divorced his wife as she was giving birth to their kid. He’s admitted to consumption of alcohol and marijuana while denying cocaine usage, but then put up a social media post wondering that if both he and Jon Jones were coked out, who would win in a fight. He had to put out a video explaining that he was actually alive, just that someone took his phone and his credit cards. In his own words, “I’m not dead, I believe in Jesus, all those are lies.”

And that’s just in the past year! Keep in mind that, per him, 99 percent of what he says is trolling. Either way, we’re about to find out, live on DAZN PPV (order here).

HANEY VS. GARCIA QUICK RESULTS:

140 lbs. Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia
140 lbs. Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Sean McComb
115 lbs. John Ramirez vs. David Jimenez — Jimenez def. Ramirez via unanimous decision, 117-111 x2, 116-112
160 lbs. Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Pierre Dibombe
153 lbs.: Charles Conwell vs. Nathaniel Gallimore — Conwell def. Gallimore in round six via technical knockout (referee stoppage), 0:52, Rd 6

HANEY VS. GARCIA LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY:

Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia:

Round 1:

Round 2:

Round 3:

Round 4:

Round 5:

Round 6:

Round 7:

Round 8:

Round 9:

Round 10:

Round 11:

Round 12:

Final result:

For the latest boxing-related news and notes click here.

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Israel Adesanya put down a sizable — but potentially risky — wager on Devin Haney ahead of his boxing match with Ryan Garcia on Saturday night.

Betting on Haney to win isn’t that much of a surprise considering the overwhelming odds favoring the undefeated 25-year-old boxer to beat Garcia, with Haney sitting as high as an 8-to-1 favorite. But Adesanya didn’t just pick Haney to win.

Instead, the former UFC middleweight champion put down a $ 20,000 bet on Haney to win by knockout over Garcia.

It’s Haney’s perceived lack of knockout power that makes Adesanya’s wager a little riskier than usual. Haney hasn’t finished an opponent since knocking out Antonio Moran all the way back in 2019.

In his nine wins since that night, Haney remained undefeated but has gone to decision in each and every one of those fights, including recent wins over Regis Prograis, Vasily Lomachenko, and George Kambosos Jr.

During his career, Haney has 15 knockouts across 31 wins, but the majority of those finishes came before he was a champion or faced top-notch competition. He’ll attempt to change that narrative on Saturday in Brooklyn when he faces Garcia in a heated grudge match.

If Haney can pull off the knockout, Adesanya takes home just over $ 40,000 for the winning wager.

If not, he’ll be out $ 20,000.

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Renato Moicano didn’t expect Paddy Pimblett to kill him with kindness.

In the aftermath of his finish of Jalin Turner at UFC 300, Moicano wasted no time looking toward the future with a string of potential matchups available to him. Pimblett previously called him out, Moicano responded rather emphatically, and it appeared there was a growing rivalry between them.

But days following his latest win, Moicano admitted that he actually had to back off from making some of his harshest comments regarding Pimblett after learning that the 29-year-old Liverpudlian praised his performance this past Saturday night.

“I wanted to talk s*** about Paddy, but he made a lot of good comments about me so I’m not going to trash on him,” Moicano said Monday on The MMA Hour. “He congratulates me about the fight, he said, ‘Very good fight for Moicano.’ Somebody sent me the video.”

The video came from Pimblett’s YouTube channel, where he reacted to all the fights at UFC 300, including Moicano’s second-round stoppage of Turner.

In the moment, Pimblett actually expected to hear Moicano name drop him as a potential opponent after Bobby Green called him out minutes earlier following a win over Jim Miller. Pimblett sounded almost disappointed that Moicano failed to mention him, but he still gave the Brazilian a glowing review for surviving an early knockdown and then coming back to score a finish of his own.

“Renato, where was the callout?” Pimblett said. “Thought Moicano was going to mention me there, but props on the performance. That was a very, very good performance. Done well to survive the end of that first round and then come back out and finished him in the second. That was a quality performance by Moicano. Congratulations, lad. Top 10 for you.

“He is a funny guy. You never know, maybe me versus Moicano. That would be a very good season of The Ultimate Fighter. You never know. You could see that in the next few years.”

It remains to be seen whether Pimblett will get his wish, but Moicano isn’t opposed to the idea.

Of course, Moicano’s graciousness towards Pimblett can only go so far, especially if they’re going to end up fighting each other.

“He said he wants to do maybe The Ultimate Fighter, Moicano against Paddy. I would not be against that,” Moicano said. “I think that would be very, very funny. So I’m not going to talk too much s*** about him.

“But if he wants the smoke, I’m going to make him easy f******* money, brother. I know you’re being nice. I know all that s***. But don’t forget, Moicano wants money. In God we trust. All the others, pay in cash motherf*******.”

Now riding a three-fight win streak, Moicano isn’t certain what the UFC will do with him next, but he wants to stay busy. In an ideal world, Moicano prefers to return as early as the UFC 301 card in Brazil, although that seems unlikely to happen.

“One hundred percent, I’m down,” Moicano said of fighting on the May 4 card. “I’m willing. I can fight tomorrow. I am a man on a mission. I want to be in the top five this year.”

As much as he might be open to the fight with Pimblett later this year, Moicano also has options available to him higher up the ranks in the lightweight division.

There are a couple of names in particular that he expects to hear in the coming weeks, but Moicano would love the chance to grow his star power along with his standing if possible.

“I’m in a strange place,” Moicano said. “I’m going to be in the top 10 but I don’t know if they’re going to give me [Beneil] Dariush or Dan Hooker. But at the same time, I don’t think they have the star power to be a star, and I think I will be a star. I just need a couple more fights.

“If I keep fighting the way I’m fighting, if I keep talking the way I’m talking, if I keep connecting with the truth, my message is going to resonate with people. My English is going to get better and I will be a big star in MMA — and not only in MMA.”

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Top prospect Paul Hughes ended his free agency on Saturday by inking an exclusive deal with PFL.

PFL officials and Hughes confirmed the signing on social media.

A Cage Warriors veteran with an 11-1 record, Hughes hit free agency after a stunning first-round knockout over Fabiano Silva in his most recent fight in April. The lightweight, who fights out of Northern Ireland, has rattled off five wins in a row, including knockouts in his past two fights.

Hughes addressed his free agency when speaking to MMA Fighting after his latest win, discussing possible suitors like PFL or UFC to retain his services.

“Honestly, I’m open to everything, man,” Hughes said. “As I say, I had to do a deep dive and I had to ask myself, is it fame that I want? Is it just clout? Is it to say that I’m in the UFC? And to be honest, I don’t give a bollocks about that. I just turned 27 last week. I’m not that 21-, 22-year-old kid that has this dream of owning the UFC and I want to say I’m a UFC fighter.

“I’m at the stage now where I’ve had a lot of big nights in my career, I’ve done a lot of big things, and it’s not just about saying, ‘Oh, I fight in the UFC.’ Me, right now, the No. 1 thing [is] being the best fighter on the planet. There’s nothing to say I can’t do that. I can do that anywhere. I can still be the best fighter on the planet. But I need to get my value.”

In the end, Hughes ultimately decided to join the PFL roster, as the promotion continues to build and expand across Europe with stars like Cedric Doumbe.

There’s no word yet when Hughes will make his debut, but PFL obviously pounced on the opportunity to sign him as soon as he became available in free agency.

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